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G. S. MORSE. CHARGING WAGON.

No. 476,547. Patented June 7, 1892.

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0. S. MORSE. CHARGING WAGON.

No. 476,547. Patented June '7, 1892.

UNTTET) STATES PATENT CEEicE.

CHARLES S. MORSE, OF \VATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE BENEDICT &BURNHAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CHARGING-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,547, dated June 7,1892.

Application filed January 4, 1892- Serial No. 416,962. (No model!) Toall whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES S. MORSE, of \Vaterbury, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inCharging-Wagons; and 1 do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon,to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in-

Figure 1, a View in side elevation of a chargin g-wagon constructed inaccordance with 'my invention and shown as backed up to the front of anannealing-furnace which is indicated by broken lines; Fig. 2, a planview of the wagon, showing its pivotal jaws in engagement with thebeveled coupling-head which projects from the front wall of the furnace;Fig. 3, a detached plan view of the jaws, their operating rods andsprings, and the crosspiece to which they are pivoted; Fig. 4., a viewof the wagon in rear elevation; Fig. 5, a view thereof in frontelevation.

My invention relates to an improvement in charging-wagons, the objectbeing to produce a simple, durable, and convenient wagon adapted to beautomatically coupled with an annealingfurnace for holding it in placewhile a tray is being drawn out onto it therefrom and to beautomatically disconnected from the furnace by the tray when the same isin place upon it.

With these ends in view my invention consists in a wagon having at itsrear end one or more projecting gripping-jaws and a rod extending fromeach of said jaws to the front of the wagon, where it is upturned forengagement by a tray when the same is drawn to its final position on thewagon.

Hy invention further consists in a wagon having at its rear end twoprojecting pivotal gripping-jaws, a rod extending from each of the saidjaws to the forward end of the wagon and there upturned for engagementby a tray when the same is drawn to its final position thereupon, andone or more springs connected with the jaws for urging them into theirclosed positions.

Myinvention further consists in certain de tails of construction andcombinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, andparticularly recited in the claims.

As herein shown, the wagon is provided at its rear end with twoprojecting gripping-jaws A A, pivotally hung upon a bolt 13, passingvertically through a beam C, extending transversely across the rear endof the wagon. The inner ends of the respectivejaws are provided withinwardly-projecting lugs a afor engagement with the oppositely-beveledcouplinghead D, which is mounted to project from the front wall of thefurnace E at a point below the furnace-door, which is not shown. Theouter ends of the said jaws are provided with arms A A, the same beingpivotally connected with the ends of two corresponding paralleloperating-rods F F, which extend to the extreme forward end of thewagon, where they are turned up to form arms ff, which are engaged bythe forward end of the tray G (see Fig.4) when the same is drawn out toit final position upon the wagon, whereby the said rods are movedforward and the gripping-jaws separated to let go of the coupling-head,and thus automatically disconnect the wagon from the furnace. Two spiralsprings H H, respectively connected with the said operatingrods and withthe beam C, exert a constant tendency to close the jaws, whereby whenthe wagon is backed up against the furnace and their lugs a a areengaged, respectively, with the oppositely-beveled faces of thecouplinghead D the jaws will be separated against the tension of thesaid springs, which will operate to close them upon the head as soon asthey have passed inward beyond the beveled faces thereof. The rods F F,before mentioned, are respectively housed in parallel beams I I,supported at their ends upon the bolsters J J, which also support theangled side pieces K K, the said beams and side pieces virtually formingthe bottom of the wagon and the bed upon which the trays are drawn, therear ends of the side pieces K K being outwardly curved to give the trayright direction in case it does not come out of the furnace in exactalignment with the wagon. The bolster J is connected by a fifth-wheelLwith the forward wagon-truck L, while the bolster J is connected bysuitable braces M M M M with the rear wagon-truck M, the twowagon-trucks being connected by a braced frame N; but so far as theparticular construction of the frame of the wagon is concerned that maybe of any approved form consistent with lightness and strength.

It will be seen that with a wagon constructed in accordance with myinvention it may be backed up against the front of the furnace, withwhich it is automatically coupled by means of gripping-jaws andautomatically uncoupled therefrom by the tray at the time the samereaches its final position. Obviously this greatly simplifies theremoval of trays from an annealing-furnace.

I may mention that my improvement is well adapted to be used inconnection with the improvement disclosed in United States patentgranted May 3, 1881, No. 240,965, to G. P. Chapman.

I might construct my device so as to use only one gripping-jaw, andwould have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exactconstruction herein shown and described, but hold myself at liberty tomake such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit andscope of my invention. 1 am aware, however, that it is old to provide awagon at its forward end with a movable memher standing above thelevelof its floor in position to be engaged and moved by the forward end of atray loaded thereupon, the said member being thereby moved in effectingsome adjustment of the wagon mechanism.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is w l. A charging-wagon having atits rear endone or more projecting gripping-jaws and a rod extending from each ofsaid jaws to the front of the wagon, where it is upturned for engagementby a tray when the same is in its final position upon the wagon,substantially as described, and whereby the wagon maybe coupled with thefront wall of a furnace while it is being loaded and automaticallyuncoupled therefrom by a tray drawn out upon it from the furnace.

2. A charging-wagon having at its rear end two projecting pivotalgripping-jaws, a rod extending from each of said jaws to the forward endof the wagon and there upturned for engagement by a tray when the sameis in its final position upon the wagon, and one or more springsconnected with the jaws for urging them into their closedpositionfsubstantially as described.

3. In a charging-wagon, the combination, with the frame thereof, havingtwo longitudinal beams forming part of its bed, of two piv otalgripping-jaws projecting from the rear end of the wagon, two rodsrespectively attached to the said jaws and extending forward through thesaid beams in which they are housed to the front of the wagon, wherethey are upturned for engagement by the tray when in its final positionon the wagon, and one or more springs connected with the jaws for urgingthem into their closed positions, substantially as described.

4. Acharging-wagon having one or more gripping-jaws projecting from itsrear end, a rod extending from each of said jaws to the front of thewagon, where it is upturned, one or more springs connected with the jawsfor urging them into their closed positions, and angled side piecesoutwardly curved at their rear ends to give right direction to the trayas it enters upon the wagon, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

O. S. MORSE. Witnesses:

F. S. LEWIS, E. A. Lewis.

